The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar

A story that “vividly captures how the bonds of womanhood are pitted against the divisions of class and culture.” Sera Dubash is an upper-middle-class housewife who devotes herself to caring for her pregnant daughter and son-in-law. Bhima has worked as a domestic servant for the Dubash family for over twenty years, pinning her hopes to escape the slums on her granddaughter Maya, a university student. But when Maya becomes pregnant and will not reveal who the father is, all of Bhima’s planning and hope for her family’s future may be lost forever.